--- title: 'A Prayer for the Dying (1987)' type: 'film' director: 'Mike Hodges' released: '1987-01-01' runtime_minutes: 108 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Action' - 'Crime' countries: - 'United Kingdom' - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-prayer-for-the-dying-1987' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093771/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # A Prayer for the Dying (1987) 1987 · 108 min · Drama, Action, Crime · United Kingdom, United States ## Synopsis A Prayer for the Dying is a 1987 thriller film about a former IRA member trying to escape his past. The film was directed by Mike Hodges, and stars Mickey Rourke, Bob Hoskins, Alan Bates and Liam Neeson. The film is based on the 1973 Jack Higgins novel of the same name. ## Credits - **Director:** [Mike Hodges](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-hodges) - **Screenplay:** [Jack Higgins](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-higgins) - **Original Music Composer:** [Bill Conti](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-conti) - **Producer:** [Samuel Goldwyn Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-goldwyn-jr) - **Editor:** [Peter Boyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-boyle-2) ## Cast - [Christopher Fulford](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-fulford) as Billy Meehan - [Camille Coduri](https://cinepixo.com/people/camille-coduri) as Jenny Fox - [Anthony Head](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-head) - [Liam Neeson](https://cinepixo.com/people/liam-neeson) as Liam Docherty - [Ian McElhinney](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-mcelhinney) - [Bob Hoskins](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-hoskins) as Father Da Costa - [Alan Bates](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-bates) as Jack Meehan - [Karl Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-johnson) as Fitzgerald - [Mickey Rourke](https://cinepixo.com/people/mickey-rourke) as Martin Fallon - [Sammi Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/sammi-davis) as Anna - [Alison Doody](https://cinepixo.com/people/alison-doody) as Siobhan Donovan ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-prayer-for-the-dying-1987 Film facts: Wikidata (Q759383); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.